Since a new chef came to Qiaoyuan Restaurant, the business of Yan's restaurant has been getting worse day by day. Although Yan Langqing was rushing to develop a new dish, she could not defeat the chef's skills. They had just released a new dish here, and before they could make the mark, a new dish was also released there. The ingredients were similar, but the cooking techniques were extremely exquisite, which soon overshadowed their popularity.

Lin Laoer was so anxious these days that he was like an ant on a hot pan, with a bunch of blisters on the corner of his mouth. Since Yan Langqing entered the palace and became an imperial chef, the Yan family has shaken and used various means to take away the other 30% of the shares in Laoer. Now he only owns 20% of the shares in the store, but he still has to be a shopkeeper and buyer. He needs to handle all the chores of all the things he has done. He is as tired as a dog, but the money he gets is less than one-tenth of the original.

He also had to support a family. Because he was spoiled by Lin Baotian before, his family had the best of everything. He lived in a luxury house, had to eat delicacies, and had to wear silk and satin. The monthly expenses were enough for ordinary families to spend a year in wealth and wealth. At that time, he was the owner of the Yan family restaurant, and all the income was his expenses. Lin Baotian didn't care about it at all, and occasionally he would provide for some money, and his life was really prosperous. But now? He had to support his family like a noble with the monthly money of the shopkeeper. How did he live this life?

After ten years, he had already spent all his savings and had to rely on pawning his family property to make a living. If the Yan family restaurant made a lot of money, he would have more money on his hands. If the Yan family restaurant had a poor business, he would have lived a miserable life. Therefore, Qiaoyuan Restaurant rose, and he was more anxious than anyone else. When he thought of his future, he would regret it, but what's the use of regret? The wolf has been brought into the house, so where can he go out?

Seeing that today was a day without a lot, Lin Laoer said with a blue face: "You go to Qiaoyuan Restaurant to see if they have launched another new dish to compete with us."

The waiter agreed and hurried away. After a while, he turned around and said with surprise: "A new dish was really made, called the Goddess Boneless Fish. The whole fish had no bones. It was stewed with milky white soup, and it was thick and fresh and sweet, and melted in the mouth. I saw the old lady of the Yongding Hou Mansion and her eldest grandson were also there. The eldest grandson never ate fish. She thought it was thorny, but she was yelling today and shouted to have another one. The business in the store was almost booming, and the diners inside were reluctant to leave. The diners outside lined up. The old shopkeeper asked the clerk to put many benches at the door for the guests to rest. He invited the storyteller to the street, eat inside and laugh outside, which was very lively. I finally squeezed in and one of my shoes fell off."

Speaking of this, the waiter raised his foot and asked Lin Laoer to see his naked left foot, and hesitated: "Shopkeeper, will you compensate me for a new pair of shoes, right?"

"Get out of here!" Lin Laoer roared with a thick neck blushing, feeling his lungs frying. When we make black ginseng, you also make black ginseng; when we make meatballs, you also make meatballs; when we cook boneless fish, you also cook boneless fish, and they are also authentic every time. This is clearly trying to smash the Yan family restaurant's signature! Yan Langqing is also a waste, but the imperial chef is not even as good as a folk chef. Have you eaten dry rice these years?

Lin Laoer was so anxious that he wanted to take a knife and slaughter the new chef of Qiaoyuan Restaurant.

At this moment, Yan Shouye walked in with a bird cage in one hand and a cigarette gun in the other. He saw that there were no diners in the hall and his face turned dark. Lin Laoer hurriedly told him about the competition between Qiaoyuan Restaurant and his own restaurant. He immediately sneered, "I'm impatient with my Yan family! Are you fighting on the ring? Okay, there is no signature dish. I see what they are going to fight with me!" After saying that, he took off a token from his waist, took out ten silver notes, and asked the Changsui to find someone at the gate of the palace.

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On the other side, because the fairy boneless fish was highly praised by diners, Lin Dan made an exception and made ten tables of dishes. He washed his hands and faced them when he saw it was getting late and was about to go home. At this moment, the old shopkeeper led a young man with a white face and no beard, with his expression as if he was lost.

As soon as he saw the young man, the smile on Qiu Xiaochuzi's face disappeared quickly, and anger appeared in his eyes.

The young man said with a sharp voice, "Congratulations to Chef Qiu, your golden lion fish, sauce-stuffed black ginseng, rich meatballs, and fairy boneless fish, are all attracted by the imperial kitchen and are ready to offer it to the emperor and enter the royal recipe. This is a reward, thank you." After the words, he handed over a jade Ruyi.

The jade Ruyi was only the size of a palm, the head was not enough, and the color was not as bright as it was. If it weren't for the word "Imperial Creation", it would have been thrown on the street, and no one wanted it. But with these two words alone, Qiu Xiaochuzi had to kneel down and kowtow to thank him. No matter how humiliated he was, he could not say the word "no".

Lin Dan knelt down, but a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Since Yan Langqing became an imperial chef, she has often visited the emperor for folk delicacies. If the dishes cooked by the restaurant are delicious and have a great reputation, she recommended the dishes from the restaurant to the emperor and then entered the royal recipe.

The chef she chose was originally very grateful, but later she found that since the dish was made for the emperor to eat, they could not sell it, otherwise it would be a great crime of disrespect. The chef often had to study hard for several months or even years of hard work for the chef to develop new dishes. But with a light word, she deprived others of all her efforts and cut off other people's wealth, which was no different from a bandit.

Lin Dan knew what kind of virtues the Yan family had, so she was not surprised or angry. She stood up and said slowly: "I'm sorry to tell this father-in-law that he would bring a message to Yan Yuchu, and said that Lin Dan was back and wanted to compete with her again but the past. She would understand after hearing this." After the words, she handed over a large silver note.

The young man seemed to be very familiar with Yan Langqing, and he didn't want silver notes, but smiled contemptuously: "I heard her talk about you and Yan Yuchu. You were not as good as her back then, but now you are apart, let alone compare again?"

"Then tell her that these four dishes are my works and have nothing to do with Qiaoyuan Restaurant. If you want dishes to come to Nancheng to find me, if you are afraid, you will give up." Lin Dan naturally took back the bill, his voice was neither fast nor slow, nor humble nor arrogant.

"Did you make these four dishes?" The young man also came from the imperial kitchen. His cooking skills and taste were not bad. He had tasted four dishes in the front hall just now, so he naturally knew what level Lin Dan's cooking skills had reached. Her knife skills, heat, and seasoning were all top-notch, and she was not worse than the chefs in the imperial kitchen. He dared to say the four words "the difference between clouds and mud", but now he couldn't speak.

"Of course," Lin Dan nodded, "Please ask my father-in-law to help Lin bring a message."

The young man looked at her deeply and shook his sleeves away. Qiu Xiaochuzi then came to his senses and exclaimed: "Master, you really have a grudge against Yan Yuchu! You have tried your best to help Qiaoyuan Restaurant develop new dishes in order to attract her out?"

Lin Dan took off the turban covered with smoke and chuckled, "It's true that there is a grudge, but it's not all that. She made a move, I'll take it, that's all. There are thousands of delicious foods in the world, and only four dishes, so what's the point."

Qiu Xiaochuzi brought her into the car and said sincerely: "Master, I think you are better than Yan Yuchu. You are willing to teach others your unique skills, but Yan Yuchu will only plunder other people's hard work. Whether it is cooking or being a human being, she is not as good as you."

Lin Dan knocked Qiu Xiaochuzi's forehead with her knuckles, then left with a smile. When she arrived in Nancheng, she saw Sanchakou Hutong full of people. There was a faint crying sound from inside. There were also onlookers whispering: "I didn't expect that the owner of this restaurant was actually the kind of person who deceived his master and destroyed his ancestors, and even greedy for the master's coffin money!"

"I know people but not my heart. Don't look at the boss who smiles all day long, I don't know how cruel it is inside! Both of them are widowed at a young age. Is this retribution?"

"Yes, the young widow can make the business like this, and I don't know what means it has used. It's dirty, it's so dirty!"

After hearing this, Lin Dan knew without asking that the Yan family must have used the same trick again and came to play. She quickly squeezed out the crowd. She saw Qi's hair sitting on the ground in a mess, with scratches on her cheeks and neck, which should have been injured. The clay pot placed at the door was broken, the marinade was spilled all over the floor, and the marinade was snatched by people watching the fun. The tables and chairs in the store were missing, and Xiao Zhu and Shaoyao were cleaning them, and they were injured.

Ten years have passed, and the Yan family is still so arrogant and likes to force people to the dead. But Lin Dan is no longer the Lin Dan who had no power to fight back ten years ago. She ignored the criticism and contemptuous and questioning eyes of everyone pointing at the fingertips, helped Qi up and closed the door.

"From today on our store, we will close." She said slowly: "With this time, you can walk around and have fun. After this matter, we will go to Jiangnan."

"When will you leave the capital?" Qi didn't want to stay in the capital for a quarter of an hour, she was afraid of the Yan family.

"It's coming soon, mom, please pack your things first." Lin Dan returned to the capital not to open a store to make money, but to settle the past. The smashing of the store will not cause any loss to her, and the defilement of her reputation will not cause any harm to her.

"Okay, I'll pack my luggage right away. I said I didn't come back, don't come back, but you didn't listen. This time we leave, we will never come back, okay?" Qi asked in fear.

"Okay, let's find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to live in." Lin Dan gently comforted Qi. Naturally, she would not tell Qi about the cooking competition, so as not to make her sleep and eat. In the eyes of noble people, the imperial chef is just a slave to serve people, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they are unaffected existences.
Chapter completed!